Blueprint

A Blueprint is an item in Donkey Kong 64. They are, as the name suggests, blueprints for King K. Rool's Blast-O-Matic machine. The only way to get them is to kill one of five Kasplats in each level. Each one of the Kongs can collect their own color blueprint (yellow for Donkey Kong, red for Diddy, purple for Tiny, blue for Lanky, and green for Chunky). Every time a blueprint is given to Snide, the Kongs receive a Golden Banana. Also, every time one is collected, more time is added on to the timer in the last level, Hideout Helm, with a base time of 10 minutes and a possible maximum time, if the player returns all of the blueprints to Snide, of 50 minutes. Once the Kongs collect all the blueprints, Snide will show them a secret batch of minigames. However, getting all the blueprints is not necessary to win the game.

Yellow Haired Kasplats hold Donkey Kong's blueprints, Red Haired Kasplats hold Diddy Kong's blueprints, Blue Haired Kasplats hold Lanky Kong's blueprints, Purple Haired Kasplats hold Tiny Kong's blueprints, and Green Haired Kasplats hold Chunky Kong's blueprints.