Beginner Guide
Learn how to complete your first shifts at Caldora Airport. Understand passenger processing, basic customs procedures, essential inspection tools, and the decisions that affect your progress.
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Welcome to Caldora Airport, where every suitcase could hide contraband and every decision has consequences. Inspect documents, scan luggage, search cargo, and choose between enforcing the law and cooperating with the cartel. Learn the tools and upgrades that help you survive your next roguelike run.
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Learn how to complete your first shifts at Caldora Airport. Understand passenger processing, basic customs procedures, essential inspection tools, and the decisions that affect your progress.
Learn how to verify passenger documents, inspect pilot licenses, and compare cargo paperwork. Understand the inspection process and identify suspicious details before making your decision.
Discover how X-ray scanning, luggage searches, chemical tests, and cargo inspections help uncover hidden contraband. Learn the differences between passenger baggage and aircraft cargo checks.
Understand the roguelike progression system and how upgrades can benefit future officers. Explore permanent improvements, temporary perks, equipment upgrades, and strategies for surviving longer runs.
CALDORA AIRPORT
Handle arriving and departing cargo in Airport Contraband, use the loading lever, respond to crane faults, and complete capybara interventions.
Read guidecargoUnderstand the crane workflow, cargo brief, loading lever, and malfunction response, while separating old footage from updated control bindings.
Read guidecargoUncover suspicious tarp-covered cargo, free the capybara, and dispose of its cage. Follow the documented hangar rescue sequence without damaging cargo.
Read guidecartelLearn when bribes appear, what accepting or refusing changes, and how Fat Envelope and Tempting Purse affect the offers made by passengers.
Read guidecartelUnderstand Airport Contraband cartel tasks, delivery handovers, let-through requirements, deadlines, and the trade-off with airport reputation.
Read guidecartelCollect the requested task items, meet the courier at the bus stop, and distinguish a delivery assignment from letting prohibited goods through.
Read guideenforcementKnow when arrest is justified, how the recorded handcuff sequence works, and why expired documents and restricted items need different decisions.
Read guideenforcementLearn the documented Taser firing sequence in Airport Contraband, conserve its limited charges, and understand Stay Put and Power Bank.
Read guideAirport Contraband
Airport Contraband is a first-person roguelike simulation game developed by DRAGO entertainment. Players work as customs officers at Caldora Airport, inspecting travelers, verifying documents, scanning luggage, and examining suspicious cargo. Every shift challenges you to detect illegal goods while keeping airport operations under control.
Beyond routine inspections, Airport Contraband introduces corruption, cartel assignments, and persistent progression between officers. You can follow official procedures or take dangerous opportunities for personal profit. As you progress, new tools, perks, and difficult situations make each run a different experience.
Explore customs inspections, cargo handling, progression and cartel decisions.
Learn how to survive your first shifts as a customs officer at Caldora Airport. This beginner guide covers passenger processing, document verification, luggage inspections, contraband seizures, and the roguelike progression system.
Start your first shift at Caldora Airport and learn the basic customs procedures from the security supervisor.
Verify passenger travel documents and identify problems before allowing travelers through the checkpoint.
Inspect passengers and luggage, using X-ray scanning and other inspection tools to uncover prohibited items.
Decide whether to enforce customs regulations or cooperate with smugglers and the local cartel.
Earn rewards and develop upgrades that can improve your chances during future officer runs.
Master passenger document checks, pilot paperwork, and airport clearance decisions. Learn which documents require verification and how suspicious or invalid information affects inspection outcomes.
Review each passenger's travel documents before approving passage through customs.
Check document validity and reject expired documents according to the applicable inspection rules.
For aircraft inspections, verify pilot paperwork and compare cargo declarations with the actual shipment.
Use the results of your document and physical inspections to decide whether clearance should be granted or refused.
Discover how to identify hidden contraband using X-ray scanners, physical luggage searches, and chemical testing equipment. Learn how suspicious silhouettes and concealed objects can turn an ordinary baggage inspection into a seizure.
Examine passenger luggage using the airport's X-ray scanning equipment.
Look for unusual silhouettes and suspicious objects that may indicate concealed contraband.
Search suspicious bags and use additional inspection equipment when the contents require closer examination.
Use available chemical tests and inspection tools to investigate concealed or questionable materials.
Identify prohibited goods and confiscate illegal items according to the customs inspection procedures.
Learn how aircraft cargo inspections and shipment transfers work at Caldora Airport. This guide covers daily cargo assignments, crane operations, equipment malfunctions, and the unusual contraband that can appear inside shipping containers.
Read the daily cargo brief to identify how many shipments must be transferred between aircraft and transport vehicles.
Operate the cargo crane to move containers between the aircraft and waiting truck.
Watch for equipment problems, including reversed crane controls and excessive clamp pressure that can damage cargo.
Inspect suspicious containers and covered shipments for concealed illegal cargo.
Identify cages containing illegally transported capybaras, rescue the animals, and dispose of the empty cages.
Explore Dream Perks, temporary bonuses, and the progression systems that strengthen your customs officers. Learn how Dream Points, Airport Reputation, and specialized perks affect inspections, equipment, cargo handling, and future runs.
Permanent upgrades purchased with Dream Points that remain available across future officer runs.
Progression currency earned based on how many days an officer survives before dying or being fired.
Available improvements include increased Airport Health, additional equipment slots, and higher Reputation gains.
Run-specific bonuses acquired through the Handyman that do not persist like Dream Perks.
A cargo-handling perk that increases crane movement speed.
A crane perk that adds a teleport function for sending cargo crates directly to their destinations.
A perk that reduces the likelihood of detained passengers attempting to escape.
A perk that increases the number of charges available for the Taser.
Understand the risks and rewards of accepting bribes, completing cartel assignments, and dealing with the Black Market. Learn how criminal opportunities interact with airport reputation and why apparently profitable decisions can have serious consequences.
Cartel assignments include Daily Tasks, Multi-Day Tasks, and Unlimited Tasks, each represented in the game's achievement system.
Some passengers offer money when facing arrest; accepting a bribe allows them to continue but can damage Airport Reputation.
A perk that increases the monetary value of bribes offered by passengers.
A perk that increases the chance of receiving a bribe offer when stopping a passenger's misconduct.
Learn how to identify potentially sick passengers and operate the Disease Analyzer during airport inspections. This guide explains visible symptoms, the severity scale, changing public health regulations, and passenger clearance decisions.
Observe passengers waiting in line for symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, holding their stomach, or grabbing their head.
Redirect passengers displaying suspicious symptoms to the Disease Analyzer for examination.
Use the analyzer to determine symptom severity on the game's five-point scale.
Compare the examination results against the current Public Health Department Regulations, which can change each day.
Decide whether the passenger may enter or must be denied access based on the relevant disease-specific thresholds.
Explore the Steam achievements available in Airport Contraband and their documented unlock conditions. Track objectives involving contraband discoveries, cartel assignments, passenger arrests, airport progression, and long-term career milestones.
Steal your first item.
Find your first piece of contraband.
Complete your first Daily Task for the Cartel.
Catch a fleeing smuggler.
Deposit 100 items at the Deposition Point in total.
Reach the highest Airport Tier.
Rescue 100 capybaras in total.
Complete the entire Great Leader Checklist.
About this independent customs inspection guide.
This is an independent fan guide. Airport Contraband is developed by DRAGO entertainment and published by DRAGO entertainment and Shochiku.
It is a single-player customs simulation with roguelike progression. You inspect documents, passengers, luggage and cargo at Caldora Airport.
The Steam store lists October 28, 2026. The Japanese publisher announced the launch on October 29 in Japan.
The game has permanent progression between officers. Dream Perks can improve future employees, while temporary run upgrades follow different rules.
From your first passenger inspection to difficult cargo investigations and cartel decisions, our independent guides help you understand Caldora Airport. Learn essential procedures, discover useful perks, and prepare for your next shift.
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