<![CDATA[how do i rip a world?]]>hi! i'd love to help with world ripping, i want to get into making worlds just for my private use but i want to base it off of worlds that i know and love. i can't find a tutorial for world ripping anywhere. i'm mostly a visual learner but, text should be good as long as it's thoroughly explained lmao :')

i want to help people on here too and rip worlds for them once i learn how! + i just like archiving stuff so...

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@Bob625 said:

My main issue has been exporting the models out of Unity
It ends up having a bunch of chaotic duplicates at wild scales surrounding the main scene

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.formats.fbx@latest/

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/2125031https://forum.ripper.store/post/2125031Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:13:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:01:28 GMT]]>My main issue has been exporting the models out of Unity
It ends up having a bunch of chaotic duplicates at wild scales surrounding the main scene

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/2078473https://forum.ripper.store/post/2078473Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:01:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:47:27 GMT]]>@ItsLightset Is there any new method?

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1753832https://forum.ripper.store/post/1753832Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:47:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:12:01 GMT]]>Model ripping itself is straightforward, but the biggest hassle is handling the materials afterward. After every rip, most materials turn white in Unity, while only a few accessories retain their original colors. Iā€™m looking for help with this issue.
Additionally, when I upload my world to VRChat, the avatar flies out of bounds immediately upon entering the room.

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1690337https://forum.ripper.store/post/1690337Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:56:57 GMT]]>PLEASE SPEED I NEED THIS
(Bump)

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1572677https://forum.ripper.store/post/1572677Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:56:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:42:39 GMT]]>Bump if anyone has found a solution to this.

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1453607https://forum.ripper.store/post/1453607Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:42:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:20:21 GMT]]>Hi, has a new method been found to bypass encryption ?

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1389083https://forum.ripper.store/post/1389083Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:20:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:43:42 GMT]]>thats confusing

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/1004168https://forum.ripper.store/post/1004168Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:43:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:17:39 GMT]]>@ItsLightset aw man šŸ˜ž i hope we'll get a new method discovered soon !! thank you for sharing this anyway.. can you ping me if there's ever a new method found?

]]>https://forum.ripper.store/post/917628https://forum.ripper.store/post/917628Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how do i rip a world? on Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:00:43 GMT]]>I have a method to do so but no longer works due to vrchat encrypting the downloaded files when you show/load avatars and worlds. We'll need to wait until a new way is found.

Here was my orignal method:

  1. download assetripper from github.

  2. locate your downloaded asset (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\VRChat\VRChat\Cache-WindowsPlayer)

  3. locate the world folder (best to erase all download worlds from vrchat and redownload the world itself, so it can appear as the latest folder in the directory.)

  4. once you found the folder that contains the world (should be around the same file size when you downloaded it. Remember it's file size.) copy the file named _data, and place it somewhere else.

  5. Rename the _data file by adding .vrca or .vrcm at the end to allow assetripper to recognize it as a unity asset file.

  6. Launch AssetRipper and click File and click settings since you may want to export your assets into something else rather what assetripper has set by default.

  7. in assetripper click: File -> Open File -> (find your .vrca or .vrcm) -> Show Loaded Files (to check if everything is there) -> Export -> Export All Files -> Select Folder -> (choose one or both blue button to export it as a unity project or just the primary content.)

  8. Your unity project is ready.

The reason it no longer works is because vrchat encrypts these _data files now, making our exports from assetripper useless, I tried multiple times and only it giving me json files only.

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