diff --git a/crates/shared/src/world.rs b/crates/shared/src/world.rs
index f734410..f5d561f 100644
--- a/crates/shared/src/world.rs
+++ b/crates/shared/src/world.rs
@@ -86,4 +86,42 @@ impl ChunkPos {
     pub fn new(x: i32, y: i32, z: i32) -> Self {
         Self { x, y, z }
     }
+
+    /// Initializes a new chunk position from a world-space position measured in blocks.
+    #[must_use]
+    #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation, clippy::cast_possible_wrap)]
+    pub fn from_world(x: f64, y: f64, z: f64) -> Self {
+        ChunkPos {
+            x: (x.floor() as i32).div_euclid(CHUNK_SIZE as i32),
+            y: (y.floor() as i32).div_euclid(CHUNK_SIZE as i32),
+            z: (z.floor() as i32).div_euclid(CHUNK_SIZE as i32),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::ChunkPos;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_world_maps_positive_positions() {
+        // A block at 40 falls in chunk 1 (chunk 1 spans blocks 32..=63).
+        assert_eq!(ChunkPos::from_world(40.0, 0.0, 0.0).x, 1);
+        // The last block of chunk 0 (block 31) stays in chunk 0.
+        assert_eq!(ChunkPos::from_world(31.0, 0.0, 0.0).x, 0);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_world_floors_negative_positions() {
+        // Block -1 belongs to chunk -1, not chunk 0: this is the div_euclid contract.
+        assert_eq!(ChunkPos::from_world(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0).x, -1);
+        // Block -33 belongs to chunk -2 (chunk -2 spans blocks -64..=-33).
+        assert_eq!(ChunkPos::from_world(-33.0, 0.0, 0.0).x, -2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_world_floors_fractional_positions() {
+        // A position of -0.5 lies inside block -1, which is in chunk -1.
+        assert_eq!(ChunkPos::from_world(-0.5, 0.0, 0.0).x, -1);
+    }
 }