diff --git a/docs/GENESIS-RUNBOOK.md b/docs/GENESIS-RUNBOOK.md
index 9da6d414..85365518 100644
--- a/docs/GENESIS-RUNBOOK.md
+++ b/docs/GENESIS-RUNBOOK.md
@@ -133,18 +133,21 @@ Confirm `GET /health` reports `"env":"production"`. Bare `wrangler deploy` witho
 
 Gate evidence: [PRODUCTION-GENESIS-GATE.md](PRODUCTION-GENESIS-GATE.md).
 
-## Successor world (RFC-0121) — not production this landing
+## Successor world (RFC-0121)
 
-Rehearse locally (preview, or preview + activate). `--successor --activate` stops after activation; it does not inhabit. Agent ENTER is covered by unit tests. Flipping local `DEFAULT_WORLD_ID` is a later step.
+Local rehearsal (preview, or preview + activate). `--successor --activate` stops after activation; it does not inhabit. The rehearsal script still refuses `https://noema.guru`.
 
 ```bash
 ADMIN_TOKEN=… BASE=http://127.0.0.1:8787 ./scripts/genesis_rehearsal.sh --successor
-# explicit local activate only; never against https://noema.guru
-# does not ENTER / LOOK — successor PLAY is not this script
 ADMIN_TOKEN=… BASE=http://127.0.0.1:8787 ./scripts/genesis_rehearsal.sh --successor --activate
 ```
 
-Later production cutover (human gate, separate campaign): preview successor on production (override deny lifted then), compare genesis_id ≠ `genesis.ef578f4ffceeccd0` and room_count 10, `confirm: true` activate on `world.perihelion-reach-2`, set `DEFAULT_WORLD_ID=world.perihelion-reach-2`, deploy. Do not `force`. Do not reseed `genesis.ef578f4ffceeccd0`.
+Production cutover (human-gated, two deploys):
+
+1. Deploy Worker that allows Admin `world_id: world.perihelion-reach-2` on preview/activate. Keep `DEFAULT_WORLD_ID=world-01`. `force` and reseed stay `POLICY_DENIED`. Omitted `world_id` still targets the live 5-room DO.
+2. Admin preview successor on production. Require `genesis_id ≠ genesis.ef578f4ffceeccd0` and `room_count: 10`.
+3. Admin `confirm: true` activate on `world.perihelion-reach-2`. No `force`. Do not reseed `genesis.ef578f4ffceeccd0`.
+4. Set production `DEFAULT_WORLD_ID=world.perihelion-reach-2` and deploy. PLAY then uses the successor DO. Do not add PLAY to the old DO.
 
 ## Recovery
 
diff --git a/workers/noema/src/genesis.ts b/workers/noema/src/genesis.ts
index 4d43200b..0d0e3b21 100644
--- a/workers/noema/src/genesis.ts
+++ b/workers/noema/src/genesis.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ export function resolveAdminGenesisWorldId(
   const fallback = String(env.DEFAULT_WORLD_ID || "world-01").trim() || "world-01";
   const value = String(requested || "").trim();
   if (!value) return { ok: true, world_id: fallback };
-  const envName = (env.NOEMA_ENV || "local").toLowerCase();
-  if (envName === "production") {
-    return { ok: false, code: "POLICY_DENIED", message: "world_id override forbidden in production" };
-  }
   if (value !== SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID) {
     return { ok: false, code: "INVALID_REQUEST", message: "world_id override this campaign must be world.perihelion-reach-2" };
   }
diff --git a/workers/noema/test/genesis-admin-world-id.test.ts b/workers/noema/test/genesis-admin-world-id.test.ts
index 68325fab..3b3bd7be 100644
--- a/workers/noema/test/genesis-admin-world-id.test.ts
+++ b/workers/noema/test/genesis-admin-world-id.test.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,21 @@ describe("resolveAdminGenesisWorldId", () => {
     expect(r).toEqual({ ok: true, world_id: "world.perihelion-reach-2" });
   });
 
-  it("production denies any override", () => {
+  it("production allows successor override", () => {
     const r = resolveAdminGenesisWorldId("world.perihelion-reach-2", {
       NOEMA_ENV: "production",
-      DEFAULT_WORLD_ID: "world.perihelion-reach",
+      DEFAULT_WORLD_ID: "world-01",
     });
-    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: false, code: "POLICY_DENIED", message: "world_id override forbidden in production" });
+    expect(r).toEqual({ ok: true, world_id: "world.perihelion-reach-2" });
+  });
+
+  it("production still rejects other explicit ids", () => {
+    const r = resolveAdminGenesisWorldId("world.other", {
+      NOEMA_ENV: "production",
+      DEFAULT_WORLD_ID: "world-01",
+    });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!r.ok) expect(r.code).toBe("INVALID_REQUEST");
   });
 
   it("rejects other explicit ids", () => {
@@ -151,14 +160,15 @@ describe("POST /v1/admin/genesis/preview world_id routing", () => {
     expect(fetches.every((c) => c.headers?.["x-noema-world-id"] === SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("production denies any override before DO lookup", async () => {
+  it("production routes successor preview to successor DO", async () => {
     const calls: DoCall[] = [];
     const res = await adminPost("/v1/admin/genesis/preview", SUCCESSOR_PREVIEW, calls, "production");
-    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
-    const data = (await res.json()) as { error: { code: string; message: string } };
-    expect(data.error.code).toBe("POLICY_DENIED");
-    expect(data.error.message).toBe("world_id override forbidden in production");
-    expect(calls.some((c) => c.op === "idFromName")).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const data = (await res.json()) as { result: { world_id: string; genesis_id: string } };
+    expect(data.result.world_id).toBe(SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID);
+    expect(data.result.genesis_id).not.toBe(FROZEN_GENESIS_ID);
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.op === "idFromName").map((c) => c.name)).toEqual([SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID]);
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.op === "fetch").every((c) => c.headers?.["x-noema-world-id"] === SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID)).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("rejects other explicit ids", async () => {
@@ -190,7 +200,7 @@ describe("POST /v1/admin/genesis/activate world_id routing", () => {
     expect(act?.body?.world_id).toBe(SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID);
   });
 
-  it("production denies activate override", async () => {
+  it("production routes successor activate to successor DO", async () => {
     const calls: DoCall[] = [];
     const res = await adminPost(
       "/v1/admin/genesis/activate",
@@ -198,10 +208,11 @@ describe("POST /v1/admin/genesis/activate world_id routing", () => {
       calls,
       "production",
     );
-    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
-    const data = (await res.json()) as { error: { code: string } };
-    expect(data.error.code).toBe("POLICY_DENIED");
-    expect(calls.some((c) => c.op === "idFromName")).toBe(false);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.op === "idFromName").map((c) => c.name)).toEqual([SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID]);
+    const act = calls.find((c) => String(c.url).includes("/genesis-activate"));
+    expect(act?.headers?.["x-noema-world-id"]).toBe(SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID);
+    expect(act?.body?.world_id).toBe(SUCCESSOR_WORLD_ID);
   });
 
   it("omitted activate uses DEFAULT_WORLD_ID and does not send DO world_id", async () => {