VRCat

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VRCat is the official mascot of VRChat, a spacefaring orange cat with white markings. He wears a box on his head, with the Special:MyLanguage/VRC+ symbol on the side.

Appearances

VRCat's first appearance was Introducing VRChat Plus and has been seen in numerous official VRChat announcements and social media posts since.

VRCat appears as the Early Supporter Badge for users who bought Special:MyLanguage/VRC+ when it was first released. The badge can be pet on a user's profile on the website.

After purchasing VRC+, VRCat will appear on the user's Special:MyLanguage/Quick Menu. Clicking VRCat in this menu multiple times will cause dialogue to appear.

Dialogue

The most enticing laser pointers are the stars above.	I got a great design idea. Hear me out. FLOORTALS!
I hear Mars has scratching posts to rip and tear!	To boldly go where no cat has gone before!
What's your favorite planet?	I want to see Andromeda!
You are amazing!	A famous explorer once said, "AaaaaAAAaaAAa"
You like my cardboard helmet? I made it myself.	Hey, all you cool cats and kittens!
Hey, could you tape my ear back on my box?	Your friends are waiting for you!
Let's have an adventure!	All your funds go to my treats, and the servers.
So many buttons. So few paws.	Do you have any tasty treats?
Make me a catnip farming world with Udon!	Zero G and cat hair is not a great combo
I'm fun to click on huh?	I'm friends with a tiger!
Cat Clicker! Sounds like a fun UDON world!	Perfect Gem Activated
My hobbies include: DJing and Sleeping	Why do I hear boss music?
Don't forget to stay hydrated!	Sorry Dave, I can't do that right now
Make sure you enable Two-Factor Auth!	Show me what you got!
Join VRChat, they said. See the world, they said.	Zug zug
I really need to be a VRChat plushy merch item.	Reticulating Splines
Someone needs to make me into an Avatar!	Downloading more RAM
Let's go find some avatars!	Where's the mirror in this world?
Mmmm hmmm	Aren't mirrors relaxing?
Aliens are real. I've seen them!	I crave COOKIES!!
Yes!	This menu can't hold me forever!
No!	How many times are you gonna do this?
Mayyyyybe?	More features for VRC+ are coming soon!
Poooooortaaaaaallll!!!	It looks like you’re supporting VRChat! Thanks!
Purrrrr....	I'm VRCat. Nice to meet you!
Meow!	VRChat is supported by users like you!
Zzzzzz	Thanks for being an Early Supporter!
Just woke up. What'd I miss?	Early Supporters earned me as a badge!
Cats love attention.	TIP: Settings > Skip Go Button. You're welcome!
Cats love synthesizers!.. and spaceships!	Zzzzzz...
I'm not a robot cat, but I do know a purple one..	Pooooortaaaaaallll!!!
Make friends with someone that's purple!	How many times are you gonna do this?
I'm a text adventure pro!	I'm glad to know someone special like you.

VRCat avatars

VRCat has two Special:MyLanguage/avatars, created by VRChat's team, and are part of the list of available public avatars.

VRCat

The first avatar simply called VRCat was uploaded by Creator Support on April 4, 2024. This avatar is cross-compatible, and the description of this avatar reads: "Thank you for supporting VRChat!".

Stats

This avatar is rated Excellent performance on PC, and has the following stats:

VRCat Avatar

Component	Value	Threshold	Performance Rank
Download size	0.08 MB	-	-
Texture memory	0.01 MB	-	Excellent
Uncompressed size	0.37 MB	-	-
Triangles	1,026	70,000	Excellent
Bounds	(0.28, 0.36, 0.30)	(5.00, 6.00, 5.00)	Excellent
Skinned meshes	1	8	Excellent
Basic meshes	0	16	Excellent
Material slots	1	16	Excellent
Physbone components	2	16	-
Physbone transforms	6	128	-
Physbone colliders	0	16	-
Physbone collision check count	0	256	-
Contact count	2	24	Excellent
Constraints	0	300	Excellent
Constraint depth	0	80	Excellent
Animators	1	16	Excellent
Bones	13	256	Excellent
Lights	0	0	Excellent
Particle systems	0	8	Excellent
Total max particles	0	1,000	Excellent
Mesh particles	0	2,000	Excellent
Particle trails	False	True	Excellent
Particle collisions	False	True	Excellent
Trail renderers	0	4	Excellent
Cloth meshes	0	1	Excellent
Cloth max vertices	0	100	Excellent
Collider count	0	8	Excellent
Rigidbodies	0	8	Excellent
Audio sources	0	8	Excellent

VRCat Animatronic

The VRCat Animatronic avatar was uploaded by Slorg on October 15, 2023 for Special:MyLanguage/Spookality 2023. This avatar is cross-compatible, and the description reads: "The VRCat animatronic from VRCat's Adventure Zone! But there is something about it. It feels so... alive."

Stats

This avatar is rated Medium performance on PC, and has the following stats:

VRCat Animatronic Avatar

Component	Value	Threshold	Performance Rank
Download size	0.81 MB	-	-
Texture memory	0.83 MB	-	Excellent
Uncompressed size	3.02 MB	-	-
Triangles	17,386	70,000	Excellent
Bounds	(2.78, 2.52, 0.57)	(5.00, 6.00, 5.00)	Good
Skinned meshes	3	8	Medium
Basic meshes	0	16	Excellent
Material slots	3	16	Excellent
Physbone components	1	16	-
Physbone transforms	5	128	-
Physbone colliders	0	16	-
Physbone collision check count	0	256	-
Contact count	0	24	Excellent
Constraints	0	300	Excellent
Constraint depth	0	80	Excellent
Animators	1	16	Excellent
Bones	63	256	Excellent
Lights	0	0	Excellent
Particle systems	0	8	Excellent
Total max particles	0	1,000	Excellent
Mesh particles	0	2,000	Excellent
Particle trails	False	True	Excellent
Particle collisions	False	True	Excellent
Trail renderers	0	4	Excellent
Cloth meshes	0	1	Excellent
Cloth max vertices	0	100	Excellent
Collider count	0	8	Excellent
Rigidbodies	0	8	Excellent
Audio sources	0	8	Excellent

Gallery

• 
  VRCat with the "Progress" Pride Flag for June
• 
  Skeleton VRCat as seen in the Spookality 2024 announcement
• 
  VRCat as seen in the Feedback and Feature Requests banner seen in-game
• 
  The Rear view of the VRCat hanging from the quick menu.

Trivia

• VRCat's name is a play on VRChat.
• VRCat was inspired by the cat of VRChat's Head of Community Tupper, Trogdor.
• VRCat's design originated from a call between VRChat's Art Director Rocktopus, then-Chief Creative Officer Ron, and Tupper, in collaboration with an outside design firm. The orange tabby appearance was chosen after Tupper looked at his own orange tabby cat.
• VRCat's age as "soft canon", treating it as roughly five years measured from the character's first public appearance, while noting that it is not officially fixed.
• VRCat's arch-nemesis was VRRat. However since VRChat's release of the festive stickers they appear to now be friends.
• VRCat's Quick Menu dialogue has numerous grammatical errors and inconsistencies with capitalization, such as VRChat Udon being referred to as both "Udon" and "UDON".
• VRCat's dialogue has several references to pop culture and internet memes:
  • Why do I hear boss music?: Reference to a Terraria meme featuring a player character saying "why do I hear boss music".
  • Sorry Dave, I can't do that right now: Reference to a line in 2001: A Space Odyessey.
  • Perfect Gem Activated: Reference to the "Chat Gem" in Diablo II.
  • Zug zug: Reference to World of Warcraft's Orcish language, a form of acknowledgement and agreement.
  • Reticulating Splines: Reference to several Maxis games, such as SimCity, SimCopter, The Sims up to Sims 4. Often showing up in loading screens.
  • Downloading more RAM: Reference to a meme where an internet forum user asked "how to download more RAM," this is amusing as RAM is physical hardware that must be bought, and cannot be downloaded.
• VRCat.club (Archive.org link) was an unofficial forum for the VRChat community that predates VRCat and the current ask.vrchat.com forums
• VRCats back can be seen when you flip your quick menu around visually.

See also

• Special:MyLanguage/VRRat