Loading Screens

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A loading screen showing VRRat with a link to a support page.

Loading Screens are a series of intermittent scenes that are shown when loading into the client or worlds. It displays helpful tips about VRChat, as well as display a download progress bar.

Client

The loading screen scene consists of a teal void with bubble-like particles floating around. In the center of the view point is a graphic showing various tips. Underneath, displays the percentage of the world downloading progress. Below that, shows a "Return to Home" button to return to the user's home world. If the user is loading their home world, and they click the Return to Home button, it will load the VRChat Home instead.

After downloading, the loading screen will display the thumbnail of the world with a load indicator below it. The load indicator states progress in this order:

• "Initializing World...", "Connecting...", "Joining...", and "Almost Done!"{verify} if the loading takes too long.

While in VR, you are able to see a mirrored version of the loading screen by looking behind.

Tips

There are 28 loading screens that can be displayed when entering into a world:

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  Adjust Volume on People
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  Avatar Marketplace
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  Change Avatars
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  Check out our forums!
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  Community Guidelines Disturb
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  Community Guidelines Private
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  Community Labs
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  Create a World Instance
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  Drop a Portal
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  Friends are Trusted
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  Gaining Trust
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  Got Feedback?
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  Hide & Unhide Avatars
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  Join the VRChat Discord
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  Nameplate Information
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  Safety System
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  Scan the Room
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  Send a Friend Request
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  Show / Hide Trust Rank
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  Stay Safe
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  VRChat Marketplace
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  VRChat Support
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  What does Trust do?
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  World Spotlights
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  VRC+
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  VRC+ Age Verification
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  VRC+ Custom Stickers & Emoji
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  VRC+ Share Memories with Prints

Custom

Select worlds can display a custom loading screen, needing permission from VRChat. This is usually associated with linking data with a third-party website. This type of loading screen requires the user to press an "Accept & Continue" button to join the world.

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  Custom

Android

There are 3 loading screens that can be displayed when joining a world from the app.

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  Avatars
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  Shield Level
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  Friends

Cosmetics

Image	Name	Released	Available until	Requirement	Description	Music
	Default	March 17, 2026	-	-	The default loading screen.	Passing Through, by Erick McNerney.
	Loading Cubes	March 17, 2026	March 31, 2026	Have a currently active VRC+ subscription while on the Open Beta branch during the 2026.1.3 Open Beta cycle.	A new loading screen, featuring the Reference Cube. Lasts until the end of Open Beta.
File:Loadingscreen Classic Warp Tunnel.png	Classic Warp Tunnel	March 31, 2026	-	Have a currently active VRC+ subscription.	The Classic Loading Screen. Exclusive to those with an active VRC+ subscription.	Partially Offline, by Andrea Baroni.

Settings for the loading screen

"Go!" button

Within the Main Menu Settings menu, under the User Interface tab, there is an option to toggle a "Go!" button on load. Having this setting enabled requires the user to click the Go button before loading into the world. Disabling the setting will remove the Go button, causing you to automatically join when the download is completed.

Preloading worlds

When browsing a world's page from within the VRChat client, an Action that can be clicked is Preload World. By preloading a world before joining, most of the loading screen can be skipped.

Trivia

• The music from the loading screen is called "Passing Through", by Erick McNerney.
  • Erick McNerney has several official remixes of Passing Through on his YouTube channel.
• The "Classic Warp Tunnel" was originally used until September 4, 2018, before being replaced by the Default modern loading screen.
  • This particular loading screen is re-created in the VRChat Home - 10 Years world.
  • Partially Offline can also be heard in the VRChat Home music player.
• It might be speculated that the loading screen is a world called The In-Between.

See also

• Portals
• Worlds