diff --git a/lib/ash/generator/generator.ex b/lib/ash/generator/generator.ex
index be8a28343a..6cbc06e225 100644
--- a/lib/ash/generator/generator.ex
+++ b/lib/ash/generator/generator.ex
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ defmodule Ash.Generator do
   * `:context` - Passed through to the changeset
   * `:after_action` - A one argument function that takes the result and returns
     a new result to run after the record is created.
+  * `:generate_rest?` - If `false`, only generates values for attributes explicitly provided
+    in the attributes map (and overrides). Unlisted attributes receive their resource-level
+    default or `nil` (if `allow_nil?`). Raises if a required attribute with no default is
+    missing. Only applies to the tuple form `{Resource, attrs}`. Defaults to `true`.
   """
   @spec seed_generator(
           Ash.Resource.record()
@@ -447,21 +451,28 @@ defmodule Ash.Generator do
             |> StreamData.fixed_map()
 
           {resource, attributes} ->
-            resource
-            |> Ash.Resource.Info.attributes()
-            |> Enum.reject(&(!&1.writable? && &1.generated?))
-            |> generate_attributes(
-              to_generators(
-                Map.put(
-                  Map.merge(attributes, Map.new(opts[:overrides] || %{})),
-                  :__will_be_struct__,
-                  resource
-                )
-              ),
-              false,
-              :create,
-              []
-            )
+            merged = Map.merge(attributes, Map.new(opts[:overrides] || %{}))
+
+            if Keyword.get(opts, :generate_rest?, true) do
+              resource
+              |> Ash.Resource.Info.attributes()
+              |> Enum.reject(&(!&1.writable? && &1.generated?))
+              |> generate_attributes(
+                to_generators(
+                  Map.put(merged, :__will_be_struct__, resource)
+                ),
+                false,
+                :create,
+                []
+              )
+            else
+              validate_required_attributes(resource, merged, :create)
+
+              merged
+              |> to_generators()
+              |> Map.put(:__will_be_struct__, resource)
+              |> StreamData.fixed_map()
+            end
         end
       end)
       |> StreamData.map(fn keys ->
@@ -502,15 +513,22 @@ defmodule Ash.Generator do
           |> StreamData.fixed_map()
 
         {_resource, attributes} ->
-          resource
-          |> Ash.Resource.Info.attributes()
-          |> Enum.reject(&(!&1.writable? && &1.generated?))
-          |> generate_attributes(
-            to_generators(Map.merge(attributes, Map.new(opts[:overrides] || %{}))),
-            false,
-            :create,
-            []
-          )
+          merged = Map.merge(attributes, Map.new(opts[:overrides] || %{}))
+
+          if Keyword.get(opts, :generate_rest?, true) do
+            resource
+            |> Ash.Resource.Info.attributes()
+            |> Enum.reject(&(!&1.writable? && &1.generated?))
+            |> generate_attributes(
+              to_generators(merged),
+              false,
+              :create,
+              []
+            )
+          else
+            validate_required_attributes(resource, merged, :create)
+            merged |> to_generators() |> StreamData.fixed_map()
+          end
       end
       |> StreamData.map(fn keys ->
         Ash.Resource.set_metadata(
@@ -1123,6 +1141,36 @@ defmodule Ash.Generator do
     end)
   end
 
+  defp validate_required_attributes(resource, generators, action_type) do
+    action = Ash.Resource.Info.primary_action(resource, action_type)
+    allow_nil_input = (action && Map.get(action, :allow_nil_input)) || []
+    require_attributes = (action && Map.get(action, :require_attributes)) || []
+
+    resource
+    |> Ash.Resource.Info.attributes()
+    |> Enum.reject(&(!&1.writable? && &1.generated?))
+    |> Enum.each(fn attribute ->
+      default =
+        if action_type == :create, do: attribute.default, else: attribute.update_default
+
+      required? =
+        cond do
+          attribute.name in allow_nil_input -> false
+          attribute.name in require_attributes -> true
+          attribute.allow_nil? -> false
+          !is_nil(default) -> false
+          true -> true
+        end
+
+      if required? && !Map.has_key?(generators, attribute.name) do
+        raise ArgumentError,
+              "Attribute #{inspect(attribute.name)} on #{inspect(resource)} is required " <>
+                "and has no default, but no generator was provided. " <>
+                "Add a generator for this attribute or set generate_rest?: true."
+      end
+    end)
+  end
+
   defp to_generators(generators) do
     Map.new(generators, fn {key, value} ->
       case value do
diff --git a/test/generator/generator_test.exs b/test/generator/generator_test.exs
index 028c21f229..00dad9b001 100644
--- a/test/generator/generator_test.exs
+++ b/test/generator/generator_test.exs
@@ -234,6 +234,46 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.GeneratorTest do
     end
   end
 
+  defmodule ActionOverrides do
+    @moduledoc false
+    use Ash.Resource, domain: Domain, data_layer: Ash.DataLayer.Ets
+
+    ets do
+      private?(true)
+    end
+
+    actions do
+      default_accept :*
+
+      create :create do
+        primary? true
+        allow_nil_input [:required_attr]
+        require_attributes [:defaulted_attr]
+      end
+
+      defaults [:read, :destroy, update: :*]
+    end
+
+    attributes do
+      uuid_primary_key :id
+
+      attribute :required_attr, :string do
+        public?(true)
+        allow_nil? false
+      end
+
+      attribute :defaulted_attr, :string do
+        public?(true)
+        default "default value"
+      end
+
+      attribute :regular_required, :string do
+        public?(true)
+        allow_nil? false
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   defmodule Generator do
     use Ash.Generator
 
@@ -680,6 +720,124 @@ defmodule Ash.Test.GeneratorTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "seed_generator generate_rest?" do
+    test "default behavior still generates all attributes" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator({Author, %{meta: %{}}})
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: true generates all attributes" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator({Author, %{meta: %{}}}, generate_rest?: true)
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false only generates listed attributes" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+          {Author, %{meta: %{key: "value"}}},
+          generate_rest?: false
+        )
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+      assert result.meta == %{key: "value"}
+      assert result.metadata == nil
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false applies resource defaults" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+          {Author, %{meta: %{}}},
+          generate_rest?: false
+        )
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+      assert result.name == "Fred"
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false raises for missing required attributes" do
+      assert_raise ArgumentError,
+                   ~r/Attribute :meta .* is required/,
+                   fn ->
+                     Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+                       {Author, %{}},
+                       generate_rest?: false
+                     )
+                     |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+                   end
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false works with overrides" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+          {Author, %{meta: %{}}},
+          generate_rest?: false,
+          overrides: %{name: "Custom Name"}
+        )
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+      assert result.name == "Custom Name"
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false works with uses" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+          fn uses -> {Author, %{meta: %{}, name: uses.name}} end,
+          generate_rest?: false,
+          uses: %{name: StreamData.constant("Generated Name")}
+        )
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %Author{} = result
+      assert result.name == "Generated Name"
+      assert result.metadata == nil
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false respects primary action's allow_nil_input" do
+      result =
+        Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+          {ActionOverrides, %{defaulted_attr: "x", regular_required: "y"}},
+          generate_rest?: false
+        )
+        |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+
+      assert %ActionOverrides{} = result
+      assert result.required_attr == nil
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false respects primary action's require_attributes" do
+      assert_raise ArgumentError,
+                   ~r/Attribute :defaulted_attr .* is required/,
+                   fn ->
+                     Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+                       {ActionOverrides, %{regular_required: "y"}},
+                       generate_rest?: false
+                     )
+                     |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+                   end
+    end
+
+    test "generate_rest?: false still raises for resource-level required attrs not in overrides" do
+      assert_raise ArgumentError,
+                   ~r/Attribute :regular_required .* is required/,
+                   fn ->
+                     Ash.Generator.seed_generator(
+                       {ActionOverrides, %{defaulted_attr: "x"}},
+                       generate_rest?: false
+                     )
+                     |> Ash.Generator.generate()
+                   end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "changeset_generator" do
     test "it correctly seeds a record" do
       assert %Author{} =