Mika

Mika, officially spelled Meeka by Studio Wildcard, is the daughter of Santiago da Costa and the second confirmed character in ARK 2. She was unveiled at the 2022 Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase and is voiced by Auli'i Cravalho. The slug for this article uses the fan-spelling variant Mika; the rest of the page follows the canonical Meeka spelling. For wider context, see the Overview.

Quick Profile

Spelling and Naming

The name as written in Studio Wildcard's official press materials is Meeka. Secondary coverage and community pages occasionally render it as Mika, and that fan variant is what produced this article's URL slug. Both spellings refer to the same character. Meeka is the form to use in body text; Mika is treated here as a redirect-friendly alias.

Important: Meeka is not Mei-Yin Li. Meeka is a new character introduced for ARK 2 and voiced by Auli'i Cravalho. Mei-Yin Li, often called the Beast Queen, is a separate established figure from elsewhere in the wider ARK universe and was voiced by Michelle Yeoh in the animated adaptation of ARK: Survival Evolved. The two share neither casting nor narrative role, and the names should not be conflated.

Reveal

Meeka was announced on June 12, 2022 during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, paired with a new in-engine cinematic trailer for ARK 2 that also confirmed Auli'i Cravalho's casting. Until that point, the only publicly named cast member had been Vin Diesel as Santiago, so the 2022 reveal established Meeka as the second pillar of the announced cast.

In the Cinematics

Meeka first appears on screen in the 2022 cinematic trailer. The sequence shares voiceover between Santiago and Meeka, framing father and daughter as the central narrative pair rather than treating Santiago as a lone hero. Meeka is tied visually to a tamed, bone-armored T-Rex that the trailer presents as a shared mount, signalling a constant-companion role rather than a background NPC and hinting that taming remains core to the sequel's identity. The 2020 and 2022 reveals are both cinematic; no gameplay footage of Meeka has been demonstrated, so the in-game presentation may differ at launch.

Possible Helena Walker Bridge

The ARK Official Wiki has noted a moment in marketing material where Meeka is depicted communicating with a vision of Helena Walker, a major established figure from the wider ARK lore. This is a wiki-noted possible bridge between Meeka's arc and the broader ARK universe, not a confirmed plot beat. Studio Wildcard has not publicly elaborated on the relationship or on whether the vision is canon to ARK 2's main story. Treat it as a pointer to track in future reveals.

Place in the Story

With Santiago as the protagonist and the Aratai set up as the principal antagonist faction, Meeka occupies the emotional anchor role: the family member whose presence raises the stakes of every encounter on Arat. Official material has not yet detailed how she fits into combat sections, dialogue branches, or companion-AI behavior.

Unconfirmed Details

Several details about Meeka have not been officially confirmed and should not be assumed:

• Her exact in-game age has not been stated; no canonical figure exists.

• No siblings or extended family beyond Santiago have been confirmed.

• Her agency in combat is unclear. It is not yet known whether she fights alongside the player, issues commands, scripts in for set pieces only, or stays out of combat entirely.

• The extent of her playable role has not been confirmed: companion AI, co-op character, cinematic-only role, or some hybrid have all been left open.

• No dialogue beyond the marketing trailers has been released; any other quoted lines should be treated as fan attribution.

• Her end-state at the close of the campaign has not been revealed.

• Whether the wiki-noted Helena Walker bridge is reflected in the shipping game has not been confirmed.

This page will be updated as more is officially revealed.