VRRat

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VRRat's official render.

VRRat is the mischievous secondary mascot of VRChat, as well as a perceived frenemy of VRCat.

Biography

Looks

VRRat is a low-poly rat. They have shades of brown and tan fur, with stubby arms and legs, as well as rounded ears, a pink rat tail, and a noticeable overbite. VRRat hops and waddles on two feet, rather than scurrying on four legs.

In some branding, VRRat is also capable of wearing clothing and accessories, but is mostly depicted without the need for them.

Personality

VRRat is "not to be trusted", according to VRCat. VRRat also admits to enjoy "causing chaos". They also like cheese - all the time. It's not stated which type of cheese VRRat prefers, but it's generalized that they like all types of cheeses.

Appearances

According to an official thread on X.com, for VRChat's 10th anniversary in January 2024, VRRat was created during a VRChat Jam in 2022 as an NPC that disciplined banned users sent to the Banned World. If a banned user entered the world, and broke VRRat’s only rule verbally instructed to the user, which was to not touch VRRat's cheese, they would attack you, which would cause the user to sink into the ground and turn into cheese.

VRRat had a significant cameo during April Fools 2024, where they managed to "hijack" VRChat's official X.com account. During Spookality 2024, VRRat was frequently used in the branding. On December 1st, 2024, The VRRat Makeship plushie was officially revealed. The promotion for the plushie ran from December 1st, 2024, and will end on December 23, 2024.

April Fools 2024 event

Start of the event

On the first of April 2024 the official VRChat X (formerly Twitter) Account posted: "UPDATE: We can't find VRRat." followed by: "also DO NOT write 'We miss you VRRat' in your personal user note on the website!".

The text adventure

The first message of the text adventure.

Typing We miss you VRRat into your "personal notes" on your own profile, via the VRChat website will activate a hidden text adventure, on the VRChat website played via the notification menu. This easter egg is hinted on VRChat's social media account on X, as well as the "Creator Support" user profile on VRChat.

When beginning the text adventure on the website, you can also continue the text adventure within the VRChat client. The text-driven adventure tasked the user with freeing VRRat from, what appeared to be the VRChat Headquarters.

Navigation depended on a map drawn by VRRat, but its visibility was limited to areas illuminated by a nearby light source. For example, opening the map in a dark tunnel would make it hard to read, in some cases, even unreadable for significant portions of the adventure, adding an extra layer of challenge.

The map, provided to the user by VRRat.

Gameplay mostly consisted of VRRat describing what he perceived in his current position, followed by the player giving new instructions on where to move next.

The far left side of the map caused a confusion-like effect for VRRat, making communication difficult. In order to finish the game, the user had to find a key, which was hidden in the maze and would later be used to open the door.

Failing the adventure was possible, notably via getting caught by VRCat near the end of the game.

Successfully finishing the text adventure and freeing VRRat unlocked the "CHEESE" Badge and temporarily set the UI theme on the website to the Cheese theme.

VRRat takeover

Throughout the day, VRRat seemingly took control of VRChat's X account, posting various memes, humorous comments and "leaking" confidential VRChat data.

Event conclusion

The event concluded on April 2nd, 2024, with the VRChat X account - now back 'under the control' of Tupper - announcing the successful containment of VRRat.

VRRat avatar

VRChat's Creator Support account uploaded a useable avatar of VRRat on April 26, 2023.

Stats

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

Component	Value	Threshold	Performance Rank
Download size	0.34 MB	-	-
Texture memory	0.67 MB	-	Excellent
Uncompressed size	2.75 MB	-	-
Triangles	1,074	70,000	Excellent
Bounds	(0.92, 0.98, 0.81)	(5.00, 6.00, 5.00)	Excellent
Skinned meshes	1	8	Excellent
Basic meshes	0	16	Excellent
Material slots	1	16	Excellent
Physbone components	0	16	-
Physbone transforms	0	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	26	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

Trivia

• VRRat appears on VRChat Wiki articles marked with Category:Stubs.
• VRChat has a hidden text adventure game featuring VRRat!
• VRRat's has a 'frenemy'-like relationship with VRCat.
  • A video posted by VRChat showcasing the new festive stickers show VRCat comforting VRRat after feeling left out of holiday activities, showcasing potentially the development of a closer relationship.