# Mastering diverse control tasks through world models

*Source* · `src-hafner-2025-dreamerv3` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Danijar Hafner, Jurgis Pasukonis, Jimmy Ba, Timothy Lillicrap |
| venue | Nature 640:647-653 |
| date | 2025-04-02 |
| doi | 10.1038/s41586-025-08744-2 |
| arxiv | 2301.04104 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

DreamerV3: one fixed configuration beats specialized methods on over 150 tasks; first algorithm to collect Minecraft diamonds from scratch without human data or curricula (first diamond near 30M environment steps, about 17 days of play).

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Self-play planning with learned models (AlphaZero, MuZero, Dreamer)](../technique/model-based-planning-muzero.md)

## Citation

Danijar Hafner, Jurgis Pasukonis, Jimmy Ba, Timothy Lillicrap (2025-04-02). *Mastering diverse control tasks through world models*. Nature 640:647-653 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08744-2

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