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Scenes with this rating won't load and no one will be able to interact with them. If your scene falls into this category, you should review and update it to comply with the [Content Policy](https://decentraland.org/content).

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**📔 Note**: Incorrectly categorizing your scene may result in player reports and subsequent moderation actions. For more details, refer to [Age Rating and Scene Reporting]({{< ref "/content/player/general/in-world-features/age-rating.md" >}}).
**📔 Note**: Incorrectly categorizing your scene may result in player reports and subsequent moderation actions. For more details, refer to [Age Rating and Scene Reporting]({{< ref "/content/player/exploring/age-rating.md" >}}).
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## Required Permissions
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Scenes with this rating won't load and no one will be able to interact with them. If your scene falls into this category, you should review and update it to comply with the [Content Policy](https://decentraland.org/content).

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**📔 Note**: Incorrectly categorizing your scene may result in player reports and subsequent moderation actions. For more details, refer to [Age Rating and Scene Reporting]({{< ref "/content/player/general/in-world-features/age-rating.md" >}}).
**📔 Note**: Incorrectly categorizing your scene may result in player reports and subsequent moderation actions. For more details, refer to [Age Rating and Scene Reporting]({{< ref "/content/player/exploring/age-rating.md" >}}).
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## Feature Toggles
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date: 2024-11-20
title: Blocking Profiles
description: Blocking other player's profiles
categories:
- overview
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url: /player/exploring-decentraland/blocking-profiles
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**📔 Note**: Blocking Profiles is not currently supported, but this feature will be coming soon.
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If you block a player in Decentraland, you will no longer see their avatar in-world, and they will not be able to send you friend requests or messages. You will also not see each other’s messages in public or private chats.

## How to Block a Profile

To block a player, open their profile card by clicking on their avatar and click on the three dots in the upper right corner above their avatar image, then select the option ‘Block’. You can also block someone within a chat by clicking on the three dots to the right of their name and selecting ‘Block’.

## How to Unblock a Profile

To unblock someone in-world, click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the screen, to open the Explorer menu then, click on your profile picture again to see the profile drop down and click on ‘Account Settings’. From there you will see the option, ‘Blocked Accounts’. Clicking on that, you will see any players you’ve blocked and can unblock them.
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date: 2024-11-20
title: Overview
description: Exploring Decentraland Overview
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Decentraland consists of the open, traversable Genesis City made up of community parcels that are referenced by coordinates (e.g. Genesis Plaza, Decentraland’s central default spawn point is 0,0), as well as individual Worlds, more intimate 3D spaces in the Decentraland ecosystem that can be teleported into.

<img src="/images/players/Genesis-City-2024.png" width="500" />

To explore **Genesis City**, you can run around using your arrow or WASD keys, jump to locations by clicking on them from the map, or teleport with chat commands.

Chat commands are used to trigger actions, such as teleporting or reloading, by entering specific text into the chat box in-world. To use one, just open the chat box, type the command, and hit enter.

- **Teleporting around Genesis City**
`/goto x,y` (x,y are the coordinates of a scene)

- **Visiting Worlds**
`/goto World’sName`

- **Reloading a Scene**
`/reload`

- **Open Debug Mode (shows FPS and other metrics)**
`/debug`

- **Discover More Chat Commands**
`/help`

The best way to discover interesting places and meet new people is to attend [events]({{< ref "/content/player/FAQs/posting-events.md">}}) – jump in and start chatting! Alternatively, you can run freely through Decentraland for a surprise adventure. Make sure to visit the boundaries of the city to watch a peaceful sunrise or sunset over the ocean.
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date: 2024-11-20
title: Contact & Support
description: How to get in touch with Decentraland and Support
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- Decentraland
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url: /player/FAQs/support
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- **I need help, how do I contact the Support Team?**
In the bottom right of any [decentraland.org](http://decentraland.org) page, you’ll see a chat icon. Click on this to open a chat with the Support Team or go to [decentraland.org/help](http://decentraland.org/help).
- **Where can I contact the Decentraland Foundation to discuss a partnership?**
You can email the Foundation’s partnership team at [email protected].
- **How can I stay up to date with Decentraland news?**
Follow Decentraland on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/decentraland_foundation/), [Discord](https://dcl.gg/discord), or [X](https://twitter.com/decentraland), and [subscribe](https://decentraland.beehiiv.com/subscribe) to the weekly newsletter to make sure you never miss and update!
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date: 2024-11-20
title: Creating in Decentraland
description: How to create content for Decentraland
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- Decentraland
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url: /player/FAQs/creating
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- **What can I create in Decentraland?**
It would be easier to ask what you _can't_ create in Decentraland! As a virtual world created by its users, in Decentraland you can create just about everything you see.
Decentraland Creators make all the components that go into crafting a digital identity, such as [Wearables]({{< ref "/content/creator/wearables-and-emotes/wearables/wearables-overview.md" >}}) (this can include whole skins, body parts, articles of clothing, hair styles, accessories, etc.) as well as [Emotes]({{< ref "/content/creator/wearables-and-emotes/emotes/emotes-overview.md" >}}), animations for your avatar which can include props and sounds in addition to movement.
The landscape and activities of Decentraland are also all shaped by creators. Walking through Decentraland's Genesis City, you can explore a variety of content from different creators, built side-by-side: art galleries, theaters, gardens, night clubs, racetracks, casinos, entire game experiences, and more can be explored and created by everyone! To start building, [download](https://decentraland.org/download/creator-hub) Decentraland's Creator Hub.
Learn more about creating in Decentraland at [decentraland.org/create](http://decentraland.org/create).
- **How do I become a Decentraland creator?**
Anyone can be a Decentraland creator, all it takes is a little knowhow and endless creative ideas! Depending on what you want to create, the knowledge you need to know differs. If you just want to create cool virtual scenes for yourself or to host events, then you can get started creating scenes right away by [**downloading**](https://decentraland.org/download/creator-hub) Decentraland's Creator Hub.
For those familiar with or willing to learn 3D modeling and/or programming, all the technical specs and procedures you need to know to create in Decentraland can be found on the [**Creator Docs page**]({{< ref "/content/creator/_index.md" >}}), and there are many tutorials available online for creating [**Wearables**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl43Fw7zROQ&list=PLEl6fe1igtKBFDcxaC64Uxamo7kQUi5mf&pp=iAQB), [**Emotes**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWslh4uQIk&list=PLAcRraQmr_GN8LcnnQk2BByo9L2Orvp9c&pp=iAQB), and [**experiences**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fblj_FxUvM4&list=PLAcRraQmr_GP_K8WN7csnKnImK4R2TgMA&pp=iAQB).
**Wearables & Emotes**
The process of cwa
If you're interested in designing interactive experiences, [**download**](https://decentraland.org/download/creator-hub) Decentraland's Creator Hub and start creating immersive scenes and games which you can then publish to [**Worlds**](https://decentraland.org/blog/about-decentraland/decentraland-worlds-your-own-virtual-space) or [**LAND**](https://decentraland.org/marketplace/lands) in Decentraland's open-world Genesis City. You retain all control over your content, can edit or remove it whenever you wish, and keep all proceeds of any funds you may generate through your experiences.
- **What tools are necessary to be a Decentraland creator?**
To build scenes or interactive experiences for Genesis City or Worlds, Decentraland’s Creator Hub is your one-stop-shop. Download it [here](https://decentraland.org/download/creator-hub) to get started and check out [these tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm8ZD2kSyKA&list=PLAcRraQmr_GPrMmQekqbMWhyBxo3lXs8p&pp=iAQB) to learn the ropes.
If you’d like to design Wearables or Emotes, the most common program Decentraland creators use is the free, [Blender](https://www.notion.so/1425f41146a580a2950aff043b0d559a?pvs=21). Get started with these handy tutorials for [Wearables](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl43Fw7zROQ&list=PLEl6fe1igtKBFDcxaC64Uxamo7kQUi5mf) and [Emotes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWslh4uQIk&list=PLAcRraQmr_GN8LcnnQk2BByo9L2Orvp9c&pp=iAQB).
Learn more about creating in Decentraland with the [Creator Docs]({{< ref "/content/creator/_index.md" >}}).
- **Is it possible to monetize my creations?**
Yes, of course! Decentraland creators are able to monetize their skills in many ways.
Wearable and Emote creators publish their creations in the Marketplace, paying a $100 USD [**publication fee**]({{< ref "/content/creator/wearables-and-emotes/manage-collections/creating-a-collection.md#publication-fees" >}}) which goes to the DAO to fund [**community grants**]({{< ref "/content/player/dao/overview/the-dao-fund.md" >}}), and as a result earn 97.5% of the profits on all primary sales and 2.5% royalties on any secondary sales.
Some scene creators monetize their experiences, the revenue of which they are able to keep fully for themselves, and lastly many creators offer their services for hire through [**Decentraland Studios**](https://studios.decentraland.org/).
- **Does Decentraland take a cut from creator earnings?**
As a decentralized platform with no centralized entity looking to
make a profit, Decentraland’s revenue-share model puts creators first. Decentraland
creators keep **97.5%** of the earnings from sales of their items—the highest revenue-share of any platform in the industry to date—and additionally earn **2.5%** royalties
on secondary sales.
The 2.5% withheld from creator earnings is the transaction fee that is associated
with any sale in the Marketplace. This fee is collected in Decentraland’s DAO
treasury to be reinvested into the platform through community initiatives or to cover
operational costs.
- **Do I need to own LAND to build in Decentraland?**
No, owning LAND is not necessary to create scenes or interactive experiences in Decentraland. Anyone is free to create content with Decentraland's [Creator Hub](https://decentraland.org/download/creator-hub/). Then, if you want to publish your creations so that you and others can explore and enjoy them, there are multiple options available to you, in addition to owning LAND.
**Worlds**
Worlds are your personal 3D space in the metaverse. The exist separately from the open-world map of Decentraland's Genesis City and are perfect for those looking to experiment with 3D creation or host their own virtual space.
Getting your own World is easy: when you [**claim a Decentraland NAME**](https://decentraland.org/marketplace/names/claim) you not only get a unique username that can be used across Web3, but also 100 [**Voting Power**]({{< ref "/content/player/dao/dao-userguide.md#voting-power" >}}) (used in [**Decentraland governance**]({{< ref "/content/player/dao/overview/what-is-the-dao.md" >}})), and of course your own World to use as you wish. Learn more [**here**](https://decentraland.org/blog/about-decentraland/decentraland-worlds-your-own-virtual-space).

**Rent LAND**
If you're interested in publishing your content in Decentraland's open-world Genesis City but don't want to commit to a LAND purchase, you don't have to! It's easy to rent LAND for the short or long term in the Marketplace where you can pay by card, bank transfer, or cryptocurrency. [**Browse rentals**](https://decentraland.org/marketplace/lands?assetType=nft&section=land&vendor=decentraland&page=1&sortBy=newest&onlyOnRent=true) and see what's available!
**Community Connections, Community Grants, and Open Calls for Creators**
If someone is passionate about sharing their creations with the community, in Decentraland there will always be a way to make it happen. The creator community is very welcoming and open to lending a hand. If you're just getting started, you can meet many creators in the [**Community Building Discord**](https://discord.gg/cbdcl).
If you want to build an experience that benefits the community, but need the resources to make it happen, you can always try applying for a [**Community Grant**]({{< ref "/content/player/dao/grants/community-grants.md" >}}) in the DAO. You may also apply to one of the [**Open Calls**](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1704918402907726030) that happen periodically through the year to build experiences and scenes for various Decentraland events such as the annual music, art, and fashion festivals. Stay tuned to Decentraland [**socials**](https://twitter.com/decentraland) or [**subscribe**](https://decentraland.beehiiv.com/subscribe) to the weekly newsletter to stay updated!

- **Where can I hire creators to design or build something for me?**
[Decentraland Studios](https://studios.decentraland.org/) is a vetted registry of Decentraland's most talented creators skilled in everything from Wearable design and 3D building to event management. Check it out to find a team to work with!
- **Can I control who can see the content of my World or LAND?**
Yes. World permissions can be accessed at [decentraland.org/builder/worlds](https://decentraland.org/builder/worlds). Here you can restrict public access and create a customized list of up to 100 accounts that are allowed to visit your World. From here you can also grant editing and streaming permissions for your World.
For restricting access to your LAND: You can control how certain content on your parcel is served to other users within the Decentraland network. For example, you could make 3D models, images, video, or sound content only visible to a player in Decentraland after they have submitted a payment or fulfilled some other requirement. However, remember that by uploading content to Decentraland’s content servers, you are essentially making it publicly available since the content servers are a distributed file system.
You can control who you can see and interact with (and who can see and interact with you) within Decentraland. For example, imagine that you have a house on your parcel and you only want to invite certain friends into your house. You will be able to specify which players you can see (and which players can see you) within your house, but you won’t necessarily be able to prevent anyone from seeing your house or its contents since the assets required to render your house reside on the content server.
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