diff --git a/.changeset/tricky-chefs-care.md b/.changeset/tricky-chefs-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef0198bb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tricky-chefs-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/cli": patch
+---
+
+Adjusted deploy order so that the world deploy happens before everything else to avoid spending gas on system contract deploys, etc. if a world cannot be created first.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/deploy/deploy.ts b/packages/cli/src/deploy/deploy.ts
index e0a7e3688e..4bdc29fc07 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/deploy/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/deploy/deploy.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { debug } from "./debug";
 import { resourceToHex, resourceToLabel } from "@latticexyz/common";
 import { ensureContractsDeployed } from "./ensureContractsDeployed";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
-import { ensureWorldFactory } from "./ensureWorldFactory";
 import { Table } from "@latticexyz/config";
 import { ensureResourceTags } from "./ensureResourceTags";
 import { waitForTransactions } from "./waitForTransactions";
@@ -62,9 +61,29 @@ export async function deploy({
 }: DeployOptions): Promise<WorldDeploy> {
   const deployerAddress = initialDeployerAddress ?? (await ensureDeployer(client));
 
-  await ensureWorldFactory(client, deployerAddress, config.deploy.upgradeableWorldImplementation);
+  const worldDeploy = existingWorldAddress
+    ? await getWorldDeploy(client, existingWorldAddress)
+    : config.deploy.customWorld
+      ? await deployCustomWorld({
+          client,
+          deployerAddress,
+          artifacts,
+          customWorld: config.deploy.customWorld,
+        })
+      : await deployWorld(
+          client,
+          deployerAddress,
+          salt ?? `0x${randomBytes(32).toString("hex")}`,
+          config.deploy.upgradeableWorldImplementation,
+        );
+
+  if (!supportedStoreVersions.includes(worldDeploy.storeVersion)) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported Store version: ${worldDeploy.storeVersion}`);
+  }
+  if (!supportedWorldVersions.includes(worldDeploy.worldVersion)) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported World version: ${worldDeploy.worldVersion}`);
+  }
 
-  // deploy all dependent contracts, because system registration, module install, etc. all expect these contracts to be callable.
   const libraryMap = getLibraryMap(libraries);
   await ensureContractsDeployed({
     client,
@@ -88,29 +107,6 @@ export async function deploy({
     ],
   });
 
-  const worldDeploy = existingWorldAddress
-    ? await getWorldDeploy(client, existingWorldAddress)
-    : config.deploy.customWorld
-      ? await deployCustomWorld({
-          client,
-          deployerAddress,
-          artifacts,
-          customWorld: config.deploy.customWorld,
-        })
-      : await deployWorld(
-          client,
-          deployerAddress,
-          salt ?? `0x${randomBytes(32).toString("hex")}`,
-          config.deploy.upgradeableWorldImplementation,
-        );
-
-  if (!supportedStoreVersions.includes(worldDeploy.storeVersion)) {
-    throw new Error(`Unsupported Store version: ${worldDeploy.storeVersion}`);
-  }
-  if (!supportedWorldVersions.includes(worldDeploy.worldVersion)) {
-    throw new Error(`Unsupported World version: ${worldDeploy.worldVersion}`);
-  }
-
   const namespaceTxs = await ensureNamespaceOwner({
     client,
     worldDeploy,