diff --git a/.roave-backward-compatibility-check.xml b/.roave-backward-compatibility-check.xml
index d86f7d3a5..e8d21ed3f 100644
--- a/.roave-backward-compatibility-check.xml
+++ b/.roave-backward-compatibility-check.xml
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
         <ignored-regex>#\[BC\] CHANGED: Method getIdentifierValues\(\) of class Zenstruck\\Foundry\\Persistence\\PersistenceStrategy became final#</ignored-regex>
         <ignored-regex>#"Zenstruck\\Foundry\\Test\\(CommonResetDatabase|CommonFactories)" could not be found in the located source(.*)#</ignored-regex>
         <ignored-regex>#Method Zenstruck\\Foundry\\ORM\\AbstractORMPersistenceStrategy\#withoutDoctrineEvents\(\) was removed#</ignored-regex>
+        <ignored-regex>#Method Zenstruck\\Foundry\\Factory::create(One|Many|Range|Sequence)\(\) was removed#</ignored-regex>
+        <ignored-regex>#Method Zenstruck\\Foundry\\Persistence\\PersistentProxyObjectFactory::createOne\(\) was removed#</ignored-regex>
     </baseline>
 </roave-bc-check>
diff --git a/src/Factory.php b/src/Factory.php
index 3a8b4eb35..1c7325f1e 100644
--- a/src/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Factory.php
@@ -26,9 +26,31 @@
  * @phpstan-type Parameters = array<string,mixed>
  * @phpstan-type Attributes = Parameters|callable(int):Parameters
  * @phpstan-type Sequence = iterable<Parameters>|callable(): iterable<Parameters>
+ *
+ * The create helpers go through __callStatic(). One block per reader: PHPStorm and PHPStan get
+ * the real signatures, Psalm gets plain ones because it reads the aliases above as class names
+ * inside a "@method" tag, and inlining them makes it drop the tags entirely. Its return types
+ * come from FixCreateHelpersReturnType anyway.
+ *
+ * @psalm-method static T createOne(array|callable $attributes = [])
+ * @psalm-method static list<T> createMany(int $number, array|callable $attributes = [])
+ * @psalm-method static list<T> createRange(int $min, int $max, array|callable $attributes = [])
+ * @psalm-method static list<T> createSequence(iterable|callable $sequence)
+ *
+ * @method static T createOne(Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @method static ($number is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>) createMany(int $number, Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @method static ($min is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>) createRange(int $min, int $max, Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @method static list<T> createSequence(Sequence $sequence)
+ *
+ * @phpstan-method static T createOne(Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @phpstan-method static ($number is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>) createMany(int $number, Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @phpstan-method static ($min is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>) createRange(int $min, int $max, Attributes $attributes = [])
+ * @phpstan-method static list<T> createSequence(Sequence $sequence)
  */
 abstract class Factory
 {
+    private const CREATE_HELPERS = ['createOne', 'createMany', 'createRange', 'createSequence'];
+
     /** @phpstan-var Attributes[] */
     private array $attributes = [];
 
@@ -68,7 +90,7 @@ final public static function new(array|callable $attributes = []): static
      *
      * @return T
      */
-    public static function createOne(array|callable $attributes = []): mixed
+    private static function doCreateOne(array|callable $attributes = []): mixed
     {
         return static::new()->create($attributes);
     }
@@ -81,7 +103,7 @@ public static function createOne(array|callable $attributes = []): mixed
      * @return list<T>
      * @phpstan-return ($number is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>)
      */
-    final public static function createMany(int $number, array|callable $attributes = []): array
+    private static function doCreateMany(int $number, array|callable $attributes = []): array
     {
         return static::new()->many($number)->create($attributes);
     }
@@ -94,7 +116,7 @@ final public static function createMany(int $number, array|callable $attributes
      * @return list<T>
      * @phpstan-return ($min is positive-int ? non-empty-list<T> : list<T>)
      */
-    final public static function createRange(int $min, int $max, array|callable $attributes = []): array
+    private static function doCreateRange(int $min, int $max, array|callable $attributes = []): array
     {
         return static::new()->range($min, $max)->create($attributes);
     }
@@ -104,11 +126,58 @@ final public static function createRange(int $min, int $max, array|callable $att
      *
      * @return list<T>
      */
-    final public static function createSequence(iterable|callable $sequence): array
+    private static function doCreateSequence(iterable|callable $sequence): array
     {
         return static::new()->sequence($sequence)->create();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<mixed> $arguments
+     */
+    final public static function __callStatic(string $name, array $arguments): mixed
+    {
+        if (!\in_array($name, self::CREATE_HELPERS, true)) {
+            throw new \BadMethodCallException(\sprintf('Call to undefined method %s::%s().', static::class, $name));
+        }
+
+        return static::{'do'.\ucfirst($name)}(...$arguments);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The create helpers are static, so calling one on an instance used to silently discard
+     * everything set on that instance: `Factory::new()->someState()->createMany(2)` created
+     * two objects without the state. Routing them through __callStatic makes the instance
+     * call land here instead, where the state can be honored.
+     *
+     * @param array<mixed> $arguments
+     */
+    final public function __call(string $name, array $arguments): mixed
+    {
+        if (!\in_array($name, self::CREATE_HELPERS, true)) {
+            throw new \BadMethodCallException(\sprintf('Call to undefined method %s::%s().', static::class, $name));
+        }
+
+        trigger_deprecation('zenstruck/foundry', '2.13', 'Calling "%s()" on a factory instance is deprecated and will throw in Foundry 3. Use "%s" instead.', $name, self::instanceEquivalent($name));
+
+        return match ($name) {
+            'createOne' => $this->create(...$arguments),
+            'createMany' => $this->many($arguments[0])->create($arguments[1] ?? []),
+            'createRange' => $this->range($arguments[0], $arguments[1])->create($arguments[2] ?? []),
+            'createSequence' => $this->sequence($arguments[0])->create(),
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static function instanceEquivalent(string $name): string
+    {
+        return match ($name) {
+            'createOne' => 'create()',
+            'createMany' => 'many()->create()',
+            'createRange' => 'range()->create()',
+            'createSequence' => 'sequence()->create()',
+            default => throw new \LogicException(\sprintf('Unhandled create helper "%s".', $name)),
+        };
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array|callable $attributes Property values for the object(s) to create
      *
diff --git a/src/Persistence/PersistentProxyObjectFactory.php b/src/Persistence/PersistentProxyObjectFactory.php
index 2da446a60..084278656 100644
--- a/src/Persistence/PersistentProxyObjectFactory.php
+++ b/src/Persistence/PersistentProxyObjectFactory.php
@@ -47,15 +47,6 @@ final public function create(callable|array $attributes = []): object
         return proxy(parent::create($attributes)); // @phpstan-ignore function.unresolvableReturnType
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return T|Proxy<T>
-     * @phpstan-return T&Proxy<T>
-     */
-    final public static function createOne(array|callable $attributes = []): mixed
-    {
-        return proxy(parent::createOne($attributes)); // @phpstan-ignore function.unresolvableReturnType
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return T|Proxy<T>
      * @phpstan-return T&Proxy<T>
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Persistence/GenericFactoryTestCase.php b/tests/Integration/Persistence/GenericFactoryTestCase.php
index 54b5a87e3..f8ce69819 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Persistence/GenericFactoryTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Persistence/GenericFactoryTestCase.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public function repository_and_create_function(): void
     #[Test]
     public function create_many(): void
     {
-        $models = static::factory()->createMany(3, static fn(int $i) => ['prop1' => "value{$i}"]);
+        $models = static::factory()->many(3)->create(static fn(int $i) => ['prop1' => "value{$i}"]);
 
         static::factory()::repository()->assert()->count(3);
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ObjectFactoryTest.php b/tests/Unit/ObjectFactoryTest.php
index 629a499f9..51ba2a801 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ObjectFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ObjectFactoryTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 namespace Zenstruck\Foundry\Tests\Unit;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\IgnoreDeprecations;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RequiresPhpunit;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Zenstruck\Foundry\Factory;
@@ -525,4 +527,73 @@ public function as_data_provider(): void
     {
         $this->markTestIncomplete();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @group legacy
+     * @requires PHPUnit >=11.0.0
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    #[IgnoreDeprecations]
+    #[RequiresPhpunit('>=11.0.0')]
+    public function create_helpers_called_on_an_instance_keep_the_state(): void
+    {
+        $factory = SimpleObjectFactory::new()->with(['prop1' => 'from-state']);
+
+        self::assertSame('from-state', $factory->createOne()->prop1);
+        self::assertSame(['from-state', 'from-state'], \array_column($factory->createMany(2), 'prop1'));
+        self::assertSame(['from-state', 'from-state'], \array_column($factory->createRange(2, 2), 'prop1'));
+        self::assertSame(['from-state'], \array_column($factory->createSequence([[]]), 'prop1'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     *
+     * @group legacy
+     * @requires PHPUnit >=11.0.0
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    #[IgnoreDeprecations]
+    #[RequiresPhpunit('>=11.0.0')]
+    public function create_helpers_called_on_an_instance_are_deprecated(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectUserDeprecationMessageMatches('/Calling "createMany\(\)" on a factory instance is deprecated and will throw in Foundry 3\. Use "many\(\)->create\(\)" instead\./');
+
+        SimpleObjectFactory::new()->createMany(1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function create_helpers_still_ignore_nothing_when_called_statically(): void
+    {
+        self::assertCount(2, SimpleObjectFactory::createMany(2, ['prop1' => 'static']));
+        self::assertSame('static', SimpleObjectFactory::createOne(['prop1' => 'static'])->prop1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function calling_an_undefined_method_statically_throws(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\BadMethodCallException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(\sprintf('Call to undefined method %s::doesNotExist().', SimpleObjectFactory::class));
+
+        SimpleObjectFactory::doesNotExist(); // @phpstan-ignore staticMethod.notFound
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    #[Test]
+    public function calling_an_undefined_method_on_an_instance_throws(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\BadMethodCallException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(\sprintf('Call to undefined method %s::doesNotExist().', SimpleObjectFactory::class));
+
+        SimpleObjectFactory::new()->doesNotExist(); // @phpstan-ignore method.notFound
+    }
 }
diff --git a/utils/psalm/FixCreateHelpersReturnType.php b/utils/psalm/FixCreateHelpersReturnType.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebf471759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/psalm/FixCreateHelpersReturnType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the zenstruck/foundry package.
+ *
+ * (c) Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Zenstruck\Foundry\Psalm;
+
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr;
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\StaticCall;
+use PhpParser\Node\Identifier;
+use PhpParser\Node\Name;
+use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\ClassLikeAnalyzer;
+use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\AfterExpressionAnalysisInterface;
+use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\Event\AfterExpressionAnalysisEvent;
+use Psalm\StatementsSource;
+use Psalm\Type;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TIntRange;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TLiteralInt;
+use Zenstruck\Foundry\Factory;
+use Zenstruck\Foundry\Persistence\PersistentProxyObjectFactory;
+use Zenstruck\Foundry\Persistence\Proxy;
+
+/**
+ * The create helpers are declared with "@method static" tags on Factory, and Psalm does not
+ * bind the class template when it resolves a pseudo method: it expands the return type with
+ * the declaring class as "self", so "T" stays "T:Zenstruck\Foundry\Factory as mixed".
+ *
+ * The return type is therefore rebuilt here, once the call has been analyzed. This also
+ * covers the proxy factories, which FixProxyFactoryMethodsReturnType cannot reach: it hooks
+ * AfterMethodCallAnalysisInterface, and that never fires for a magic static call.
+ */
+final class FixCreateHelpersReturnType implements AfterExpressionAnalysisInterface
+{
+    public static function afterExpressionAnalysis(AfterExpressionAnalysisEvent $event): ?bool
+    {
+        $expr = $event->getExpr();
+
+        if (!$expr instanceof StaticCall
+            || !$expr->name instanceof Identifier
+            || !$expr->class instanceof Name
+        ) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $method = \strtolower($expr->name->name);
+
+        if (!\in_array($method, ['createone', 'createmany', 'createrange', 'createsequence'], true)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $source = $event->getStatementsSource();
+        $class = ClassLikeAnalyzer::getFQCLNFromNameObject($expr->class, $source->getAliases());
+        $codebase = $event->getCodebase();
+
+        if (!$codebase->classExtends($class, Factory::class)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $storage = $codebase->classlikes->getStorageFor($class);
+
+        if (!$storage) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $isProxy = $codebase->classExtends($class, PersistentProxyObjectFactory::class);
+        $templateType = $storage->template_extended_params[$isProxy ? PersistentProxyObjectFactory::class : Factory::class]['T'] ?? null;
+
+        if (!$templateType) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $type = $templateType->getId();
+
+        if ($isProxy) {
+            $proxyClass = Proxy::class;
+            $type = "{$type}&{$proxyClass}<{$type}>";
+        }
+
+        $source->getNodeTypeProvider()->setType(
+            $expr,
+            Type::parseString(self::returnType($method, $type, $expr, $source, $isProxy)),
+        );
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The list helpers are declared with a conditional return type, which Psalm does not
+     * evaluate for a pseudo method either, so the argument is read here. Proxy factories
+     * never had the conditional type, FixProxyFactoryMethodsReturnType always widened them
+     * to a plain list, and that is kept.
+     */
+    private static function returnType(
+        string $method,
+        string $type,
+        StaticCall $expr,
+        StatementsSource $source,
+        bool $isProxy,
+    ): string {
+        if ('createone' === $method) {
+            return $type;
+        }
+
+        if ('createsequence' === $method || $isProxy) {
+            return "list<{$type}>";
+        }
+
+        // createMany() is driven by its first argument, createRange() by its lowest bound
+        $argument = $expr->getArgs()[0]->value ?? null;
+
+        return $argument && self::isPositiveInt($argument, $source)
+            ? "non-empty-list<{$type}>"
+            : "list<{$type}>";
+    }
+
+    private static function isPositiveInt(Expr $expr, StatementsSource $source): bool
+    {
+        $type = $source->getNodeTypeProvider()->getType($expr);
+
+        if (!$type || !$type->isSingle()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $atomic = $type->getSingleAtomic();
+
+        if ($atomic instanceof TLiteralInt) {
+            return $atomic->value > 0;
+        }
+
+        return $atomic instanceof TIntRange && null !== $atomic->min_bound && $atomic->min_bound > 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils/psalm/FoundryPlugin.php b/utils/psalm/FoundryPlugin.php
index 5dc972c69..1c6463773 100644
--- a/utils/psalm/FoundryPlugin.php
+++ b/utils/psalm/FoundryPlugin.php
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@ public function __invoke(RegistrationInterface $registration, ?\SimpleXMLElement
     {
         \class_exists(FixProxyFactoryMethodsReturnType::class, true);
         $registration->registerHooksFromClass(FixProxyFactoryMethodsReturnType::class);
+
+        \class_exists(FixCreateHelpersReturnType::class, true);
+        $registration->registerHooksFromClass(FixCreateHelpersReturnType::class);
     }
 }