diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/Attribute.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/Attribute.java
index a1b2208eaff4..9e2cb7fadd4e 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/Attribute.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/Attribute.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.bukkit.NamespacedKey;
 import org.bukkit.Registry;
 import org.bukkit.Translatable;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.bukkit.util.OldEnum;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@ private static Attribute getAttribute(@NotNull String key) {
     @NotNull
     Sentiment getSentiment();
 
+    /**
+     * {@return the default value of this attribute}
+     * <p>
+     * Default attribute values may differ between entity types, use {@link EntityType#getDefaultAttributes()} to get default attribute values for a specific entity type.
+     */
+    double getDefaultValue();
+
     /**
      * @param name of the attribute.
      * @return the attribute with the given name.
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/AttributeInstance.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/AttributeInstance.java
index 788ac9c22fd6..c1264ae6a0e8 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/AttributeInstance.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/attribute/AttributeInstance.java
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ public interface AttributeInstance {
      * Gets the default value of the Attribute attached to this instance.
      *
      * @return server default value
+     *
+     * @deprecated This method is placed misleadingly as it does not return the default value in the current entity's context, but in the server's context.
+     *  Use {@link Attribute#getDefaultValue()} as a replacement and see the note there about default values for specific entity types.
+     * @see Attribute#getDefaultValue()
+     * @see org.bukkit.entity.EntityType#getDefaultAttributes()
      */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.21.11")
     double getDefaultValue();
 }
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/attribute/CraftAttribute.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/attribute/CraftAttribute.java
index bdb4d0b55a41..69d892cc5558 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/attribute/CraftAttribute.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/attribute/CraftAttribute.java
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ public Sentiment getSentiment() {
         return Sentiment.valueOf(this.getHandle().sentiment.name());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public double getDefaultValue() {
+        return this.getHandle().getDefaultValue();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getTranslationKey() {
         return this.getHandle().getDescriptionId();