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Smuggler Job — Contraband Running

QBCore smuggler job: carry server-tracked contraband across the map past police checkpoints, where a server-rolled search either seizes the cargo or waves it through.

NON-TESTÉ — the reference Lua is syntax-validated, not run in a live FiveM server. Adapt and test on your own dev server before shipping.
Est. Lua
~104 loc
Claude
Claude Opus 4.x / Sonnet 4.x
Validation
syntax-validated
Updated
2026-06-25

Description

A QBCore smuggler job: a runner picks up server-issued contraband and drives it to a buyer, but the route is laced with police checkpoints. At each checkpoint the server rolls a search — a hit seizes the cargo, a miss lets the runner bluff through — so success pays out only if the contraband survives the trip. This is the risk-bearing criminal-transport loop legal cargo hauling can't sell.

Prompt Template

You are writing a FiveM resource for QBCore (latest qb-core, GetCoreObject export).

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Expected Output

The reference Lua at content/expected-outputs/jobs/24-smuggler-contraband-checkpoint.lua implements a server-issued run, distance-gated checkpoint markers, a server-rolled search that can seize…

🔒 Eyes-only — locked prompt body

The full prompt template and its reference Lua are part of a one-time pack. Pick your depth — both are lifetime access, no subscription, ever.

Core$49one-time
  • 60 prompts + syntax-validated reference Lua
  • Lifetime access — pay once
Most Popular · Best Value
Vault$199one-time
  • All 510 prompts — the full library
  • Per-prompt profit/trend intelligence (CSV + playbook)
  • Lifetime free updates — new niches as the market moves
Get the Vault — $199

$49 for 60 · $199 for all 510 + intelligence — one-time, no subscription.

Known Failure Modes & Corrective Prompt

  • Client-side search roll — deciding the seizure on the client lets a modder always pass; roll it in the server smug:checkSearch.
  • Non-atomic deliver — paying and removing contraband in two events dupes cargo on a disconnect; do both in one handler after re-checking the item.
  • Per-frame markers — drawing checkpoints in a Wait(0) loop tanks FPS; gate drawing by distance and sleep longer when far.

Corrective re-prompt: "Move the seizure decision into the server handler with math.random against a per-checkpoint chance, end the active run on a hit, and in smug:deliver re-verify the run table entry and the contraband item before a single RemoveItem+AddMoney so deliver is atomic."

Framework Integration

  • ESX: ESX.GetPlayerFromId(source), xPlayer.getInventoryItem, xPlayer.removeInventoryItem, xPlayer.addMoney('cash', amount).
  • QBCore: QBCore.Functions.GetPlayer(source), Player.Functions.GetItemByName, RemoveItem, Player.Functions.AddMoney('cash', amount).
  • QBox: exports.qbx_core:GetPlayer(source) plus ox_inventory exports for contraband if installed.

Profit Potential

$400–$6000/mo on Tebex (expected ~$1500). [INFERRED] priced inside the $50-389 script band against the signal-scraper tebex_snapshot corpus (median seller $11.85K/mo, n=100), scaled for a hot criminal-transport niche.

Trend Signal

🔥 hot — inferred: Contraband-running with checkpoint evasion is high-demand criminal transport, distinct from legal A-to-B cargo hauling (no law-enforcement search risk).

Sales Angle

Position as the criminal-transport headliner — real seizure stakes and police interplay, not a legal hauling timer. Recommended Tebex price $289.

Difficulty & Ship Time

intermediate · ships in 1-2 days.